Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse at Six North Michigan at 6 N. Michigan in the Loop came on the market in June 2024. Six North Michigan was built in 1923 and is the former Montgomery Ward headquarters. The listing says when it was built it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building was converted into […]

This 3-bedroom duplex in the Metropolitan Tower at 310 S. Michigan in the Loop came on the market in July 2023. Metropolitan Tower was built in 1924. It was converted into condos in 2008 and has 210 units and attached garage parking. It has 24/7 door staff, an exercise room, a party room and sundeck. […]

This 2-bedroom in the City Centre Club at 212 W. Washington in the Loop came on the market in January 2024. Built in 1913, this building was originally the home of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company. In 2000, it was converted into 183 units and has an attached parking garage. It has a 24/7 door […]

This 3-bedroom in The Heritage at Millennium Park at 130 N. Garland in the Loop came on the market in February 2023. Built in 2005, The Heritage has 356 units and attached garage parking. It’s a full amenity building with 24/7 door staff, an exercise room and one of the best indoor pools in the […]

This 2-bedroom in 235 W. Van Buren in the Loop came on the market in February 2023. But it has been on the market before, including as far back as 2019, when we chattered about it. See our chatter here. Back in 2019, it was “Investor friendly” and there was “no rent cap.” No surprise, […]

This 2-bedroom loft in Millennium Park Lofts at 20 N. State in the Loop came on the market in June 2022. Built in 1932, Millennium Park Lofts (is that it’s name? I found that name on a few websites but it’s unclear if the building has a formal name) was converted into loft condos in […]

The pandemic is bringing a lot of work/life changes, including work-from-home. Downtown Chicago, especially the Loop, has historically been dominated by commercial office buildings and retail, but over the past 30 years there’s been a push to move residential into the neighborhood. In the 1990s, old commercial buildings were converted into condos or apartments, but […]

This 2-bedroom in The Legacy at 60 E. Monroe across from Millennium Park in the Loop came on the market in July 2021. Built in 2009, the Legacy is a full-service building with 355 units and an attached parking garage. It has door staff, an indoor pool, exercise room and 3 terraces including on the […]

This 2-bedroom loft in 20 N. State in the Loop came on the market in July 2021. 20 N. State was converted into loft condos during the housing boom in 2003. It has 100 units and an exercise room. There’s no parking with the building nor is there a doorman. This loft is a northeast […]

This 3-bedroom in The Columbian at 1160 S. Michigan in the Loop came on the market in September 2020. Built in 2007, at the height of the housing bubble, The Columbian has 221 units and attached garage parking. It has a doorman and an exercise room. This is a 9th floor unit which faces east, […]